OBJECT LESSONS OF THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL AND CIGARETTE SMOKING.
By Prof. George Henkle, who personally made the post-mortem examinations and drew the following illustrations from the diseased organs just as they appeared when first taken from the bodies of the unfortunate victims.
Upper, THE STOMACH of an habitual drinker of alcoholic stimulants, showing the ulcerated condition of the mucous membrane, incapacitating this important organ for digestive functions. Lower, THE STOMACH (interior view) of a healthy person with the first section of the small intestines.
Upper, The Liver of a drunkard who died of Cirrhosis of the liver, also called granular liver, or "gin drinker's liver." The organ is much shrunken and presents rough, uneven edges, with carbuncular non-suppurative sores. In this self-inflicted disease the tissues of the liver undergo a cicatrical retraction which strangulates and partly destroys the parenchyma of the liver. Lower, THE LIVER IN HEALTH.
Upper, The Kidney of a man who died a drunkard, showing in upper portion the sores so often found on kidneys of hard drinkers, and in the lower portion, the obstruction formed in the internal arrangement of this organ. Alcohol is a great enemy to the kidneys, and after this poison has once set in on its destructive course in these organs no remedial agents are known to exist to stop the already established disease. Lower, The Kidney in health, with the lower section removed, to show the filtering apparatus (Malphigian pyramids). Natural size.